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suez_channelsuez_channel Posts: 400
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Did you know e.g. there has been 6 nights of riots in Stockholm, that in Burma a buddhist monk incited violence against Muslim population. Not if you watch BBC or Sky.
Our news channels have correspondents worldwide but are narrow in the stories they cover and if something major does occur they send their star reporters over there to stand in front of The Event and say what they could have said in UK studio. They could instead use people based in the place itself.
I have to say Aljazeera channel is far wider in the countries they routinely cover and discussion is decent and thoughtful.

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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 14,589
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    suez_channel wrote: »
    Did you know e.g. there has been 6 nights of riots in Stockholm, that in Burma a buddhist monk incited violence against Muslim population. Not if you watch BBC or Sky.
    Our news channels have correspondents worldwide but are narrow in the stories they cover and if something major does occur they send their star reporters over there to stand in front of The Event and say what they could have said in UK studio. They could instead use people based in the place itself.
    I have to say Aljazeera channel is far wider in the countries they routinely cover and discussion is decent and thoughtful.

    The troubles in Stockholm have been on BBC. At least it isn't only the UK that suffers from the immigrant population.
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    stargazer61stargazer61 Posts: 70,937
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    suez_channel wrote: »
    Did you know e.g. there has been 6 nights of riots in Stockholm, that in Burma a buddhist monk incited violence against Muslim population. Not if you watch BBC or Sky.
    Our news channels have correspondents worldwide but are narrow in the stories they cover and if something major does occur they send their star reporters over there to stand in front of The Event and say what they could have said in UK studio. They could instead use people based in the place itself.
    I have to say Aljazeera channel is far wider in the countries they routinely cover and discussion is decent and thoughtful.

    Stockholm:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22656657

    Mali:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22664484

    Nigeria:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22662476

    Kabul:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22656758

    All from BBC front page News!
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    David (2)David (2) Posts: 20,632
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    But not on BBC news channel (have had it on for last 2hrs).
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    snukrsnukr Posts: 19,725
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    suez_channel wrote: »
    Did you know e.g. there has been 6 nights of riots in Stockholm, that in Burma a buddhist monk incited violence against Muslim population. Not if you watch BBC or Sky.
    Our news channels have correspondents worldwide but are narrow in the stories they cover and if something major does occur they send their star reporters over there to stand in front of The Event and say what they could have said in UK studio. They could instead use people based in the place itself.
    I have to say Aljazeera channel is far wider in the countries they routinely cover and discussion is decent and thoughtful.
    The BBC is obsessed with America, some of the stories they show from there are very parochial and would not be shown if they happened in any other country.
    I'm more interested in Europe than America, but fortunately I have Freesat, so I have a choice of Al Jazeera, Euronews, France 24 and RT, also CNN and CCTV, if I want to know the American and Chinese view of things, but I don't usually watch those.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 36,630
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    David (2) wrote: »
    But not on BBC news channel (have had it on for last 2hrs).

    They certainly covered the Stockholm riots last night.
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